Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jerry

#51 most common boys' name of all time · #93 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#51
Rank overall
#93 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
632,416
Since 2016
3,915
Peak year
1947 #20
Best rank
#14 1940
Girls Boys peak 19,263/yr
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Jerry is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 262 262 #906
2024 279 279 #866
2023 287 287 #845
2022 341 341 #751
2021 354 354 #729
2020 457 457 #601
2019 381 381 #676
2018 455 455 #600
2017 6 496 502 #554
2016 597 597 #503
2015 603 603 #487
2014 656 656 #452
2013 636 636 #449
2012 620 620 #444
2011 724 724 #393
2010 750 750 #384
2009 820 820 #370
2008 8 1,049 1,057 #319
2007 996 996 #322
2006 1,010 1,010 #318
2005 5 1,046 1,051 #315
2004 7 1,088 1,095 #293
2003 6 1,089 1,095 #286
2002 7 1,041 1,048 #286
2001 6 1,256 1,262 #261
2000 10 1,251 1,261 #264
1999 9 1,300 1,309 #246
1998 6 1,398 1,404 #228
1997 15 1,458 1,473 #212
1996 12 1,609 1,621 #194
1995 16 1,516 1,532 #200
1994 16 1,615 1,631 #192
1993 17 1,727 1,744 #186
1992 18 1,769 1,787 #183
1991 18 1,999 2,017 #160
1990 23 2,186 2,209 #146
1989 25 2,165 2,190 #142
1988 36 2,266 2,302 #130
1987 34 2,233 2,267 #125
1986 31 2,267 2,298 #121
1985 48 2,423 2,471 #116
1984 34 2,457 2,491 #111
1983 42 2,757 2,799 #103
1982 56 2,942 2,998 #100
1981 31 3,056 3,087 #97
1980 57 3,189 3,246 #94
1979 44 3,446 3,490 #85
1978 53 3,427 3,480 #82
1977 46 3,745 3,791 #75
1976 68 4,070 4,138 #67
1975 74 4,311 4,385 #65
1974 61 4,664 4,725 #61
1973 81 5,097 5,178 #57
1972 93 5,597 5,690 #53
1971 95 6,572 6,667 #50
1970 115 7,422 7,537 #45
1969 97 7,283 7,380 #45
1968 109 7,450 7,559 #44
1967 110 7,780 7,890 #41
1966 101 8,429 8,530 #41
1965 114 9,015 9,129 #41
1964 139 9,606 9,745 #40
1963 119 10,189 10,308 #38
1962 161 10,576 10,737 #38
1961 126 11,381 11,507 #37
1960 158 11,835 11,993 #37
1959 192 12,324 12,516 #36
1958 212 12,917 13,129 #35
1957 236 13,283 13,519 #35
1956 216 12,623 12,839 #35
1955 218 12,975 13,193 #33
1954 245 13,681 13,926 #31
1953 277 13,901 14,178 #29
1952 265 14,438 14,703 #26
1951 315 15,164 15,479 #24
1950 352 15,261 15,613 #24
1949 344 15,871 16,215 #23
1948 433 16,809 17,242 #21
1947 469 18,794 19,263 #20
1946 475 17,567 18,042 #20
1945 414 14,704 15,118 #20
1944 540 16,282 16,822 #19
1943 626 17,730 18,356 #17
1942 611 17,488 18,099 #16
1941 547 16,799 17,346 #14
1940 522 15,213 15,735 #14
1939 505 13,729 14,234 #16
1938 470 12,172 12,642 #17
1937 422 10,301 10,723 #17
1936 446 9,271 9,717 #18
1935 414 8,452 8,866 #22
1934 382 7,134 7,516 #25
1933 390 6,066 6,456 #31
1932 375 5,303 5,678 #34
1931 385 4,371 4,756 #43
1930 362 3,891 4,253 #51
1929 276 2,991 3,267 #61
1928 281 2,588 2,869 #79
1927 254 2,215 2,469 #93
1926 226 1,934 2,160 #97
1925 232 1,625 1,857 #107
1924 217 1,466 1,683 #123
1923 192 1,276 1,468 #131
1922 167 1,197 1,364 #135
1921 165 1,114 1,279 #141
1920 167 1,043 1,210 #144
1919 142 917 1,059 #147
1918 140 986 1,126 #147
1917 103 861 964 #150
1916 112 885 997 #145
1915 80 801 881 #147
1914 54 649 703 #144
1913 43 493 536 #150
1912 43 405 448 #147
1911 37 238 275 #140
1910 33 251 284 #131
1909 16 192 208 #138
1908 20 198 218 #128
1907 15 165 180 #141
1906 17 146 163 #142
1905 12 177 189 #121
1904 8 177 185 #119
1903 7 112 119 #158
1902 10 148 158 #130
1901 116 116 #142
1900 15 205 220 #113
1899 7 111 118 #142
1898 143 143 #127
1897 118 118 #137
1896 94 94 #171
1895 102 102 #151
1894 127 127 #125
1893 118 118 #128
1892 117 117 #136
1891 107 107 #129
1890 103 103 #137
1889 110 110 #129
1888 92 92 #163
1887 98 98 #131
1886 125 125 #118
1885 115 115 #119
1884 121 121 #120
1883 107 107 #118
1882 105 105 #132
1881 97 97 #121
1880 136 136 #99